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Generalized complex structures and Lie brackets

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We remark that the equations underlying the notion of generalized complex structure have simple geometric meaning when passing to Lie algebroids/groupoids.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.010, 3508 TA, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Marius Crainic

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Research supported by NWO (Vidi project no. 639.032.712).

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Crainic, M. Generalized complex structures and Lie brackets. Bull Braz Math Soc, New Series 42, 559–578 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00574-011-0029-0

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